KYIV, Aug 29 - State-owned Ukrainian rocket maker Pivdenmash is preparing a new batch of engines for the European launch vehicle (LV) Vega to ship to the European partners, the press service of the enterprise has reported.

According to the report, in Q2 2017 Pivdenmash produced two liquid fuel rocket engines RD-843 and prepared them for shipment to the customer.

The Vega was designed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for carrying satellites with a weight up to 1,200 kilos to a 1,200-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and satellites with a weight of 1,500 kilograms to a 700-kilometer polar orbit.